Fire Of Unknown Origin — Patti Smith

A fire of unknown origin took my baby away.

Fire of unknown origin took my baby away.

Swept her up and off my wavelength.

Swallowed her up like the ocean in a fire thick and gray.

Death comes sweeping thru the hallway like a ladies dress.

Death comes riding down the hallway in its sunday best.

Death comes driving; death comes creeping; death comes I cant do nothing.

Death goes, there must be something that remains.

Death, it made me sick and crazy cause that fire took my baby away.